Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Women's Rights Movement
- Cult of Domesticity
- Purity
- Women had to be pure. Women's virginity was
a gift. It was the wifes job to keep the husband
happy.If the husband cheated it's because the
wife wasn't keeping him happy and it was okay
for him to do this.
- Piety
- Religion was a good thing for
women. 1820's-1830's women were
thought as a new Eve working with
God.
- Submissivness
- Clothing (corset). Women should
always submit
- Domesticity
- Women stay home. Mens place is
at work.
- Women stay home and taking care of the house
- Again women were suppose to stay home
- 1848 First women's rights
gathering at Seneca Falls.
- 1850 Anthony and
Stanton met
- 1869,First state to grant women to vote
was Wyoming. Also the NWSA was
created by Anthony and Stanton.
- 1878, A women's
suffrage amendment
introduced
- 1890, NAWSA was formed
- 1893, Colorado
granted women to
vote
- 1896, Utah and Idaho gave
women the right to vote
- 1913, Paul and a young quaker
started the rival congressional
union.
- 1918, House of Rep passed voting
rights amendment but the war
came, therefore it was delayed.
- 1920, The 19th
amendment.
- 1917, President Wilson urged
congress to pass a voting
amendment.
- Alice Paul fought for the 19th amendment.